Questo autore esplora le complessità della natura umana e delle norme sociali attraverso narrazioni avvincenti. Le sue opere spesso approfondiscono temi di scontri culturali e adattamento, ritraendo personaggi vividi che navigano in paesaggi sconosciuti. Uno stile di scrittura distintivo fonde umorismo e profonde intuizioni, offrendo ai lettori sia divertimento che contemplazione. La sua visione unica del mondo è evidente nella sua narrazione, che riflette i suoi stessi viaggi estesi e le sue esperienze internazionali.
The story revolves around an old 50cc motorbike named Harley, which embarks on a unique journey through the backroads of Greece. The protagonist rides Harley to deliver a collection of Jeeves and Wooster stories to a Moldovan monk residing on Mount Athos, a self-governing monastic community. This adventure combines elements of travel, humor, and the exploration of cultural intersections, creating an engaging narrative filled with quirky encounters and scenic landscapes.
"A very clever management book." - John CleesePraised by Business Week as "invaluable political and psychological profiles of each nationality ... a wonderfully entertaining view of others as well a ourselves" and named a Financial Times Business Book of the Year, Mind Your Manners has become a 50,000-copy bestseller and the standard guide to European business cultures for over a decade. Now in a fully expanded and updated third edition, this practical guide contains a further fifteen country chapters including all the additional countries - from the Baltics to the Balkans - becoming a members of the European Union, the world's biggest global market. This major new edition comprehensively covers no fewer than thirty-three different business cultures including non-EU Norway, Switzerland, Russia and America.
Whith unforgettable characters coming to life on every page, this humorous story of one family's search for the Arcadian idyll speaks volumes about learning to live, laugh, and drink Ouzo together while turning a tumbledown ruin into a place to hold their hearts.
This major new edition of the bestselling practical guide for managers in the new Europe has been expanded not only to cover the three new members of the European Union-Austria, Finland and Sweden—but has also been generally revised and updated to reflect international developments, including a new section on Russia.
An ordinary man. An extraordinary journey. In 1394 Nicola Martoni made a dangerous journey from a small town in Italy to Jerusalem. He was a little, short-sighted, middle-aged provincial lawyer. He sailed through Aegean storms to Egypt, walked across the desert in high summer, climbed Mount Sinai with malaria, and finally made it to the Holy Places. Five companions died on the way. Desperate to get home and running out of money, he wandered from island to island and across mainland Greece, braving more storms, shipwreck, pirates, mercenaries and brigands, sustained by curiosity, determination and faith in God. It was an age of marvels and miracles, before printing and the intellectual and scientific revolutions that shape our world. His journal translated from Latin, gives us a rare insight into a medieval mind. Join him on his journey. In English and Latin
A comedy, a history, a traveller's tale of love and adventure...join young Lord Exford on his journey to the Greece of heroines and philosophers, pashas and janissaries. The year is 1788. George III is on the throne. To escape debt and court summonses the rakish Exford is exiled to Constantinople with a prudish tutor and a truculent artist. On the way they are shipwrecked on a Greek island ruled by a Turkish pasha and populated with stories of passion and delusion. Star-crossed lovers, renegades and minstrels, pirates and djinn are just some of the characters our travellers encounter. They also meet Amelia Burbage, a botanist, feminist and intrepid explorer, accompanied by her Syrian servant and their irascible camel. Befuddled by a heady mix of the pasha's hashish, amorous ardour and his classical education, Exford's delusional tutor takes on the might of the Sultan and it is left to the wily Exford to deliver his eccentric band from an unspeakable fate.
Exploring the intricacies of childhood, this collection features poems that blend mystery, humor, and the bittersweet aspects of everyday life. John Mole's engaging use of rhythm and rhyme invites both lively readings and quiet reflection. The poems cater to various moments, whether in a bustling playground or in solitary contemplation. Celebrated for his poetic talent, Mole continues to resonate with young readers, making this collection a delightful addition to children's literature.